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Seaside holidays at Crimdon
See the resort in its 1950s heyday, with beach houses, a pavilion, aluminium huts and beauty contests
Binchester
From Roman fort to colliery village – explore archives, archaeology and local studies collections
Elvet Bridge, Durham
Lots to discover about this ancient landmark and the surrounding buildings, pictured here in 1829
Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
Durham Light Infantry objects, photos, memorials and memories of this military campaign in South Africa
Stockton & Darlington railway
Track the development of early railways in County Durham since the 1820s
Bones, breeds and beasts of burden
Discover more about cattle in the rural life of County Durham and beyond
In pursuit of perfection
Listen to John (Pop) Porter talking in 1976 about how to grow prize leeks at Peterlee
Birth, marriage and death certificates
Start with a quick surname check for records after 1837 held by County Durham’s registration service
Richard Annand, VC
The first British Army soldier of the Second World War to be awarded the Victoria Cross, in May 1940
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Newspaper cutting containing light verse …
Read MoreD/X 1667/8/101(89) – Miscellaneous documents – Quaker records: 8. Pease Family
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 16 October 1914 – 4 February 1915 – E-H
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.1, 9 September 1918 – 1 December 1919 – E-H
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Letters out (copies), April 1889 – July 1891 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, August 1917 – June 1919 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.4: Canchmen's Average Book, 1899 – 1914 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Book, Averages: Victory Pit, Murphy's Pit, Marshall's Pit & Usworth Colliery – all seams, 1911 – 1920 – E-H
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1905 – 1909 – E-H
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Correspondence between the Rev. G.F. Price …
Read MoreEP/Whit 231 – Whitburn St. Mary Parish
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Committee meeting minutes, 1933 – E-H
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R. Grundy …
Read MoreP/14/8/1183 – Durham Prison – Photographs of prison officers
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Letter from Thomas Grundy to Lord and Lady Ravensworth and the Hon. H.T. Liddell requesting that the house at Winlaton held by him be conveyed to his nephew John Grundy …
Read MoreD/CG 16/836 – Clayton and Gibson – Liddell of Ravensworth Castle etc.
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Mortimer House …
Read MoreD/X 2032/2/2 – Miscellaneous documents – Irene Worthington, later Irene Grundy, midwife
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1934 – December 1935 – E-H
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National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) General Secretary's Annual Report, 1961 – E-H
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Treasurers' cash book, October 1914 – May 1916 – E-H
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Ushworth Colliery Forces 'Welcome Home' Fund minutes, September 1944 – January 1946 (enclosures) – E-H
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 24 March 1910 – 15 November 1910 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1927 – E-H
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Alice Isobel Grundy [210] …
Read MoreCOR/Du.N 3/151 – Durham North Coroner – Non-inquest files
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Photograph of pupils in Form LVI of Wellfield A.J. Dawson Grammar School …
Read MoreE/E/G234(5) – Wingate, A.J. Dawson Grammar School
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Letter from Martha S. Elliott …
Read MoreEP/Wil 14/95 – Willington St. Stephen Parish
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20 October 1798 (1) William Grundy of Farnacres …
Read MoreEP/Lam 7/56 – Lamesley St. Andrew Parish
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Register of cases …
Read MoreD/X 2032/1/3 – Miscellaneous documents – Irene Worthington, later Irene Grundy, midwife
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Southmead General Hospital …
Read MoreD/X 2032/2/1 – Miscellaneous documents – Irene Worthington, later Irene Grundy, midwife
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Usworth Lodge, Compensation and average book no.3: East Side of Pit, 1899 – 1913 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Book, Averages, 1908 – 1919 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Books, averages, 1921 – 1928 – E-H
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Photograph …
Read MoreD/DLI 11/1/42(254) – Durham Light Infantry Records – Territorial Army Association of County Durham
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Letter from A.R. Grundy …
Read MoreD/Ki 323 – Kitching family of Great Ayton
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Letter from John Grundy …
Read MoreEP/Au.SA 4/127 – Auckland St. Andrew Parish – Churchwardens
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Land Tax returns …
Read MoreQ/D/L 17 – Quarter Sessions – Land Tax Returns: Chester Ward Middle
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1884 – E-H
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Committee, Council, Board minutes, circulars, etc., 23 April 1942 – 28 December 1942 – E-H
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Letters out (copies), February 1903 – April 1905 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, December 1901 – December 1902 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Stonemen's minutes, September 1909 – July 1912 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Wages Book, Canchmen's averages, 1913 – 1919 – E-H
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1910 – 1914 – E-H
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Joint Committee decisions, agreements, awards, etc., 1915 – 1919 – E-H
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Duplicate memorandum of agreement for the appointment of Alfred Grundy as schoolmaster of Whitburn School …
Read MoreEP/Whit 232 – Whitburn St. Mary Parish
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2 May 1743 (1) Edward Page of Hurworth …
Read MoreEP/Sto 253 – Stockton St. Thomas Parish
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22 October 1580 Surrender by Ralph Harding and admission of John Kirsopp to 1/2 of 1 messuage and 30a. of land …
Read MoreD/St/D5/2/77 – Strathmore Estate – Title Deeds: Gibside and Winlaton Estate (part 1, D/St/D/5/1-5)
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1910 – E-H
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Arbitration committee minutes, 1898 – 1938 – E-H
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Reports of H.M. Inspectors of Mines for … Newcastle District (No.3) …, for the year 1896, 1897 – E-H
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.2, 5 January 1920 – 5 December 1921 – E-H
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List of twenty-two men, from Crook, Quebec, Hedley Hill, Esh Winning who have been imprisoned under the Emergency Powers Act, 1926 – E-H
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Usworth Lodge, Committee minutes, April 1934 – February 1937 – E-H
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11 – 12 June 1714 (1) George Grundy of Hedley in the Birks …
Read MoreD/CG 16/594 – Clayton and Gibson – Liddell of Ravensworth Castle etc.